Leslie Daigle — IAB Chair
Bernard Aboba
Harald Alvestrand — IETF/IESG Chair
Rob Austein
Patrik Fältström
Sally Floyd
Jun-ichiro Itojun Hagino
Mark Handley
Geoff Huston
Charlie Kaufman
James Kempf
Eric Rescorla
Mike St. Johns
Bert Wijnen — Liaison from the IESG
Lynn St. Amour — Liaison from ISOC
Vern Paxson — IRTF Chair
Joyce Reynolds — Liaison from the RFC Editor
Tuesday, 15 July 2003.
Minutes of the 13 May Teleconference were considered. An amendment was proposed and the amended minutes will be circulated to the IAB for adoption.
Regarding the drafting work on IAB Considerations on Discovery Mechanisms and IPv6, the IAB considered this in further detail. It was noted that there is a concept of ‘liveness’ in connecting a server to a network and have it be discovered by potential clients in a timely manner. There is no single clear solution here, and while anycast and multicast represent feasible mechanisms, both approaches have drawbacks, particularly in larger environments. There is also a need for some associated directory structure, and while the DNS or SLPv2 can be used in such a mode, again there are issues here. The DNS approach is one taken from the DNS SD rendezvous efforts, and it is considered reasonable to write down the issues that were exposed in considering this approach. A related issue is the level of IP configuration support that is provided from the link layer, where reliance on link level responses seriously impairs roaming and impairs interoperability. There are also issues that have been noted with DHCP level discovery and there are concerns about the security associated with this form of approach. These areas will be considered at length in the proposed IAB considerations document.
IESG
Rob Austein:, Bert Wijnen:
RFC Editor
Joyce Reynolds:
IRTF
Vern Paxson:
ISOC
Lynn St Amour:
Statement of Concern
With just over six months left before the Summit, the Internet Society is concerned that there is not yet a well-defined list of specific actions and initiatives that might be endorsed at the Summit. The draft Plan of Action and Declaration of Principles sets out many worthy goals, but does not make clear how those goals can and will be achieved. In addition, the draft documents attempt to address almost every aspect of the Information Society as well and many issues are not directly related to information technology or telecommunications. We would hope that the Summit would endorse a much shorter document that instead focuses on a few specific areas and have the assembled governments commit to specific actions that they will take to foster the continued growth of the Internet and the Information Society. In particular, we would recommend attention be focused on how governments can foster competition in the IT and telecommunications marketplace, how they can promote the use of open standards and open source software, how they can ensure free expression in cyberspace, and how they can foster public sector applications of the Internet, such as e-government, online education, and e-health.
“Managing the Internet”:
We are very concerned by statements in the draft documents that imply the need for new, intergovernmental organizations to “manage” the Internet. In particular, proposals to replace ICANN and create a new mechanism for managing root servers, domain names and IP addresses is unnecessary, will lead to significant disruption, and is unlikely to succeed. The unprecedented growth and innovation that we have seen in the Internet sector is due in large part to the lack of regulation and constraints on technology development. In addition, the processes employed have been open, democratic and inclusive and it’s hard to see how these could be improved by a new intergovernmental body. In 1985, no one could have predicted or planned the explosive growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Today, as the Grid, Web services, and new wireless Internet technologies promise to again transform the way we gather, process, and share information, we should continue to support the decentralized, bottom-up innovation that has made the Internet the powerful tool it is today. Non-governmental organizations such as the Internet Engineering Task Force, ICANN, and the World Wide Web Consortium, have proven very flexible and nimble and have enabled the global Internet community to quickly find consensus on how best to adopt and use new Internet technologies. Individual governments can and should support such organizations and ensure the full participation of their citizens in their activities.
ITU-T
Scott Bradner:
The IAB’s attention was called to the
draft on the ‘how to process a liaison statement.
ICANN Board Liaison
John Klensin
A number of issues relating to ICANN were conveyed to the IAB, including the intent to fill positions of a General Manager for IANA and a Technical Operations Manager. The WSIS and ITU-T activities appear to be taking a broad view of matters that appear to lie within ICANN’s charter Some technical concerns remain with IDN issues, and some developments with IDN deployments and various permutations of root service interaction were noted.
SNMP protocol action
David Waitzman has requested the IAB’s view on a proposal that advocates moving all SNMP documents and MIB documents to HISTORIC, NOT RECOMMENDED status as of June 2006.
It was noted in the IAB discussion of this proposal that SNMP V1 and SNMP V2c documents are already HISTORIC status, and that current IETF efforts in the network management area are concentrated on configuration-related issues. It was also noted that there is no clear candidate technology that could replace SNMP V3 at present that has been introduced into the IETF for consideration with respect to standardization, this was not a clear outcome of the 2002 IAB workshop on Network Management, and that such a protocol action regarding SNMP and MIBs would have to be based on a consensus view of the IETF, consistent with the definition of “historic” as contained in RFC2026.. These views will be conveyed in response.
ENUM Instructions to RIPE NCC
The RIPE NCC has informed the IAB that the wording in the ENUM
request template describing the three different role contacts ( sections 2.2. to 2.4.) could be confusing or even misleading. The RIPC NCC has proposed a clearer wording for these roles. Patrik Fältström will review the proposal and recommend an IAB response.
DNS URI question
The IAB discussed the DNS URI proposal in response to a query from Paul Vixie on the IAB’s input regarding the use of a hostpart in the DNS URI specification. The issues identified include consideration of the transitive properties of DNS queries, and whether the outcomes of a resolution of a URI should be dependant on explicit reference to a particular query point. It was decided to consider this further at the next IAB meeting before drafting any response to the query.
IPv6.ARPA delegation Instructions regarding 2002::/16
In accordance with the IANA Considerations of RFC 3152, the IAB approved the request to delegate 2.0.0.2.IP6.ARPA to the Regional Internet Registries. An IAB instruction to this effect will be sent to the IANA.
The IAB reviewed the schedule for IETF-57. The IETF Liaison to the ICANN Board will be invited to the IAB meeting with the ICANN CEO. The IAB will undertake a technical review of the IMPP documents at its technical meeting on Tuesday if time and resources permit.
7.1 Affiliation Listings for IAB members
The IAB decided to support an expanded member listing page that details each IAB member’s affiliation, and also allow a brief CV and a pointer to a personal web page. The Executive Director was tasked to implement this addition to the IAB web pages.
7.2 Followup: Liaison appointments to Non-International Bodies
No further considerations were raised by the IESG in respect to this proposal. The IAB will publish this as an adopted procedure on the IAB web page.
The IAB met in closed session, without the IETF Chair, to consider the NomCom nomination for the IESG Internet Area mid-term vacancy.
The IAB decided to publish a statement regarding information requested from the Nomcom in making a nomination. The IAB position is that in making its confirming decision the IAB desires the submission of material from the Nomcom that includes the Nomcom’s view of the qualifications required for the vacant position, and the Nomcom’s summary of the candidate’s qualifications that the Nomcom found has relevant to support their nomination.
[Feb-03]
current
Status: Followup actions after meeting with US DoC
+ A registry selection criteria and conditions document is to be drafted (gih)
[Feb-03]
current
Status: Coordinate IETF document between Ads and WGs
+ Document on Internet Identity realms being drafted. A second document to answer the specific issues about IDN may be needed.
[Mar-03]
current
Status: Prepare classification matrix to identify particular issues relating to the interaction of their WG activities and security considerations
+ Questionnaire to be posted to wg chairs list
[Mar-03]
current
Status: Initial scoping activity: a taxonomy paper on the various forms of attack. Also look at the role of a workshop and the potential players.
+ Initial draft prepared for IAB review
[May-03]
current
Status: Circulate Harald’s formulation of the constrained address architecture issue to the IAB
+ This is the proposal for an open IAB meeting / possible BOF at the next IETF mtg.
+ Close this following the Open Meeting, and open up followup actions
[May-03]
current
Status: Provide the IAB with periodic summaries of the current status of those working groups that they actively follow.
+ Leslie to provide some guidelines for this activity
[May-03]
current
Status: Schedule IAB Open Meeting on IETF Agenda
+ Geoff: prepare introduction
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Draft response to query regarding IAB position on proposal to assign all SNMP and MIB documents to Historic
* Response to ENUM query
Patrik Fältström
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Draft response to RIPE NCC proposal to alter the definition of role contacts in the ENUM registry
* IANA instruction for IP6.ARPA
Geoff Huston
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Draft instructions to IANA concerning instruction to delegate 2.0.0.2.IP6.ARPA to the RIRs
* IAB Member details web page
Geoff Huston
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Add an expanded members web page with affiliations, etc, to the IAB web site.
* Liaisons Procedure
Geoff Huston
[Jul-03]
current
Status: Post the adopted procedure on the IAB web page
[Dec-02]
closed
Status: James Kempf to draft a note on the topic of architectural issues relating to notification mechanisms. Circulate the note to Lisa Dusseault, Ted Hardie, Leslie Daigle and Ned Freed. Need to look at Lemonade WG work again as Lemonade was the prime motivator here.
+ Note to be filed with IAB Documents
[May-03]
closed
Status: Circulate draft RFC editor Charter to IAB
* ARIN Teredo Allocation Request
Leslie Daigle
[May-03]
closed
Status: Draft a note indicating hat the IAB would be opposed to the RIR allocation for Teredo, and pass it to the IESG for review before responding to the RIRs
* IAB liaison procedure
Leslie Daigle
[May-03]
closed
Status: Pass a copy of the procedure to the IESG for information
draft-iab-sec-cons-03.txt
Eric Rescorla
[May-01]
RFC Editor
Status: RFC Editor (submitted 13-Feb)
1. (current) AUTH
draft-iab-secmech-02.txt
Charlie Kaufman, Steve Bellovin
[May-01]
current
Status: Revising
1. (current) incorporate comment into final draft (03)
2. (next) Submikt 03 to RFC Editor
draft-iab-auth-mech-00.txt
Eric Rescorla
[Apr-02]
current
Status: Editing
1. (current) 01 draft being prepared, with expansion of current [TODO] sections of the -00 draft
draft-iab-e2e-futures-03.txt
James Kempf, Rob Austein
[Jul-02]
current
Status: Review
1. (current) final review prior to IETF Call
2. (next) IETF Call for Input
draft-iab-char-rep-00.txt
Leslie Daigle
[Nov-02]
current
Status: Drafting
1. (current) Leslie to review the draft
draft-iab-service-considerations-01.txt
Mike St Johns, Geoff Huston
[Nov-02]
IETF Comment
Status: Review
1. (current) 02 draft being prepared with call for input comments included
2. (next) submit 02 to RFC Editor
draft-iab-congestion-00.txt
Sally Floyd, James Kempf
[Nov-02]
current
Status: Review
1. (current) review and discussion
draft-iab-iana-02.txt
Geoff Huston
[Nov-02]
current
Status: Review
1. (current) revised per IAB comments
2. (next) Review document progress in August
draft-iab-isocbot-00.txt
Leslie Daigle
[Nov-02]
IAB review
Status: IAB review
1. (current) IETF Call for Input
draft-iab-research-funding-01.txt
Sally Floyd, Vern Paxson, Ran Atkinson, Mike St Johns, John Crowcroft
[Jul-02]
current
Status: Editing
1. (current) Document the need for funding for further research for the Internet, including documenting important topics for research.
2. (next) The document under development covers the need for research in general and identifies specific areas of research.
3. (next) Sally – feedback appreciate – there are as yet unwritten sections and assistance will be coopted
4. (next) Bernard – wireless research is underfunded – will send mail
5. (next) Sally – there is a commented out section referencing Rob on DNS
6. (next) Patrik to write section on issues around address scoping and related routing and application interactions
7. (next) Review progress in August
http://www.iab.org/connexions.html
All
[Mar-03]
current
Status: IAB review – proposed updates requested
1. (current) ekr to consider undertaking editor role.
[Mar-03]
current
Status: Drafting
1. (current) Redraft as a descriptive framework plus individual proposed contributions as desired
[May-03]
current
Status: Drafting
1. (current) Document the need for funding for further research for the Internet, including documenting important topics for research relating to operational activities
2. (next) Document focusing on operational concerns.
These minutes were prepared by Geoff Huston; comments should be sent to iab-execd@iab.org. An online copy of these and other minutes is available at: http://www.iab.org/IABmins/
The IAB Web page is at http://www.iab.org